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Patented Ian. 24, I899.

P. HOWELL.

ICE CREAM DISHER 0R DIPPER.

(Application filed Oct. 23, 1897.)

(No Model.)

LITHO, wasumnmn u c NI'ID STATES ATENT FFICE.

PIIILIP I-IOIVELL, OF FRANK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-TIIIRDS TO M. J. THOMPSON AND A. M. PATTERSON, OF BUENA VISTA, PENN- SY LVANIA.

ICE-CREAM DISHER OR DIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,205, dated January 24, 1899.

Application filed October 23, 1897. Serial No. 656,153. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP HOWELL, residing at Frank, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cream Dishers or Dippers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an ice-cream disher or dipper for transferring ice-cream from the freezer to a plate or glass, and is particularly adapted for the use of confectioners and druggists.

The object of the invention is to provide a disher or dipper of the kind described which can be operated or used with one hand only.

Another object is to provide a disher or dipper from which the ice-cream will be antomatically discharged by simply turning the dipper-mouth downward, thereby avoiding the necessity of operating any scraping or cleaning mechanism required in all clippers of which I am now aware.

Another object is to construct a dipper embodying these characteristics and consisting of a minimum number of parts, thereby lessening the danger of getting out of order or becoming inoperative.

With these objects in view my invention consists, essentially, in the employment of a separable or expansible scoop or dipper.

My invention consists, further, in constructing the scoop or dipper in two sections and supporting said sections in a suitable holder in such a manner that they will separate by gravity when the scoop or dipper is turned month downward, thereby automatically re- -leasin g or dischargin g the ice-cream contained therein. V

My invention consists also in a scoop or dipper composed of two sections slidably or movably mounted within a suitable holder and means for connecting said scoop and holder whereby said sections will be brought together when the apex of the scoop is turned downward and separated when the apex is turned upward, and my invention also includes making the apex slightly heavier in order to facilitate the automatic operation of the scoop or dipper.

My invention consists also in certain details of construction and novelties of combina= tions hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a view showing the general manner of using my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the dipper or disher ready for use. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken through the scoop and holder, the sections of the scoop being together, the apex thereof being turned downward. Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the sections of the scoop separated, the apex being turned upward. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3, looking in the-direction of the arrow.

In constructing an ice-cream disher or dipper in accordance with my invention I en1- ploy a scoop or dipper proper, A, which is essentially conical or funnel-shaped and is divided longitudinally or axially into two sec tions A and A The scoop or dipper is slightly truncated, each section being made somewhat heavier at the apex, as most clearly shown at A in Figs. 3 and 4, for the purpose of facilitating the opening and closing operations of the sections.

The sectional scoop or dipper A is arranged within a truncated conical holder 13, each section of the scoop or dipper being secured to the holder by means of suitable headed screws or pins G, which work in the slots D, produced in the holder, whereby the sectional scoop or dipper has a limited movement up and down within the holder and by means of which the sections are brought together or separated, as most clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Any suitable construction of handle may be attached to the holder in any desired manner. Now in use the disher or dipperconstructed as described is held in one hand and dipped into the cream the same as an ordinary spoon. During this operation the sections of the scoop are closed and said scoop or dipper is filled with cream. The dipper or disher is then reversed, so that the mouth of the scoop is thrown downward, and this operation causes the sections of the scoop to drop and separate, thereby expanding the scoop or dipper to such an extent as to entirely release the cream contained therein. The action of the scoop or dipper proper, it will be readily seen, is thoroughly automatic, inasmuch as the sections are closed the moment the apex is thrown downward and also automatically opened the moment the apex is thrown upward.

The device as a whole is exceedingly cheap and simple in construction and there is little,

sectional scoop, and a holder in which said sections are arranged and adapted to move together and apart, the apex of the said scoop being weighted to facilitate the movement of the sections, substantially as shown and described.

2. An ice-cream disher or dipper having a scoop composed of sections, aholder in which said sections are arranged, pins or screws for connecting the holder and sections, said pins or screws Working in slots in the holder, the apex of the scoop being Weighted, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. An ice-cream disher or dipper comprising a scoop composed of sections, a holder in which the said sections are arranged, screws or pins working in the slots in the holder for securing the sections within said holder, and a suitable handle attached to the holder, sub stantially as shown and described.

PHILIP HOWELL. lVitnesses:

DANIEL HAMILTON, C. F. HEATH. 

